After Xu Jie said goodbye to Peng's father and son, he returned to the hotel where he was temporarily staying. Vittorio and others told Xu Jie that the Italian military did not plan to equip the X-class armored cruiser for the time being, and hinted that Minister Brin had loosened his mind on Xu Jie's return to China. This is undoubtedly good news for Xu Jie. Suppressing his excitement, Xu Jie rushed into the bedroom after dinner and began to prepare for his return to China.

Agreeing that he would go back only offered him the possibility to change history. Xu Jie is still a long way from his goal, and it is not too much to say that it is the first step in the long march. In accordance with the habit he had developed in thinking about problems in the army, he took out a piece of paper and wrote down on the paper with a pencil the problems he might face and the solutions to them.

Question 1, whether his arrival will be taken seriously by the top and bottom of Beiyang. How will they treat themselves as outsiders? Let's talk about Li Hongzhang, the head of the Beiyang side, and Xue Fucheng's recommendation, Li Hongzhang will naturally attach importance to it, and there is no problem with this. As the chief staff and think tank of Beiyang. (Personally, I feel that Xue Fucheng's status in the Beiyang think tank is higher than Zhang Peilun, although Zhang Peilun is Li Hongzhang's son-in-law, but Xue Fucheng is higher than Zhang Peilun in terms of qualifications and level, Zhang Peilun was originally a clear stream.) Although he later went to Nanyang to work, but during the Sino-French War, the situation of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau and the Fujian Navy Division proved that this old man's level was not good. In his early years, Xue Fucheng worked in military affairs, official affairs and governance, and he had extremely flexible diplomatic skills. But Lao Li will never be entrusted with a heavy task just because of Xue Fucheng's recommendation. If that's the case, he wouldn't be Li Hongzhang. It's not uncommon to be tempted, beaten, and even difficult in some ways. Because Lao Li must ensure that the people he appoints will not threaten his status, they are indeed talented, and they will not change jobs (it is said that when Lao Li established the Huai Army, he poached many people from his teacher Zeng Guofan) Li Hongzhang is below, and he is by his side, and the influence on his ability to lift dà is Zhang Peilun, who has entered the Huai system from the clear stream and has a very important position in Lao Li's heart. Li Hongzhang admired this person's style and talent, even after Zhang Peilun was never used because of the Battle of Majiang, Lao Li still accepted him and married his eldest daughter to him. You must know that Zhang Peilun has had an ex-wife. This was quite controversial at the time. And after he goes to Beiyang, Lao Li will definitely not be able to summon him directly, and if others are tempted, Zhang Peilun is undoubtedly the best candidate.

On the side of the Beiyang Navy. Min Party!! Xu Jie wrote two words heavily on the paper, as he said that Liu Buyun was the right general soldier of Beiyang, but it was better to say that he was the actual commander of Beiyang!! The Beiyang Fleet was brought from each ship to the chief and deputy commander of the gunner, and almost all positions were controlled by the Min party. Ding Ruchang was born in the Huai Army Army Division, and his own understanding of the navy is far less than that of these professional naval officers who graduated from the professional class, so Ding Ruchang must rely on these professional naval officers in the handling of practical things, and if these professional naval officers are all from a province, then it will be easy to control the Beiyang Fleet!! And with the advent of 1890, if the flag removal incident occurred with the wheel of history, then Ding Ruchang, who had lost the help of Lang Weili, would have no way to deal with the monopoly of the Fujian Party. And once he really entered the Beiyang Naval Division system. Will he be regarded as an outlier by the Min Party like Deng Shichang? How do you get along with it? Confrontation is definitely not good, even Ding Ruchang, who was born in the Huai family, and Lang Weili, who is from the British background, are helpless, and he can't even think about being an outsider and a newcomer. Therefore, Xu Jie's positioning of himself is not to offend lightly, not to be too close, and to seek common ground while reserving differences, except for some key issues. Xu Jie can make the necessary concessions.

The second issue is the embezzlement of the Beiyang Navy's military expenditures by the Qing court. That Lafayette for his own pleasure, according to the trajectory of history, King Alcohol will not be able to do it, and King Qing, who replaced him as the naval yamen, is a rotten and lawless person in terms of talent and morality, in his eyes, except for getting benefits for himself after going up and down the camp, he has no other ability. And that Lafayette is taking advantage of this time, because Li Hongzhang has a grudge against Weng Tonggong to come forward, and the Minister of Military Aircraft and King Qing support. On a "Please stop buying ship machinery cutting brave camp fold". Completely blocked the possibility of Beiyang to buy new ships. To say that this excerpt is powerful, less than 500 words, so that Beiyang, the first powerful domain of the Qing Dynasty, is helpless!! In the excerpt, I first said that the Second Division of the Beiyang Sea and Land is sufficient!! There is no need to buy more ordnance in a short time, and then he said that now the household is short of money, and he wants to use the silver in more important places, and finally said that this is only a temporary stoppage, limited to 3 years, and after 3 years, he can buy new ships. What a high-sounding excerpt that worries about the country and the people!! People who don't know really think that this Master Weng is a good person!! …,

First of all, the Beiyang Navy and Army have been completed, and it directly blocked the reason for Lao Li and others to refute, if you admit it, then you can only go along with the old man's wishes. If you don't admit it, then the old man should ask you, your Beiyang Second Marine and Land Division does not count the purchase price, it costs millions of taels of silver every year, where does the silver go? As for whether a warship needs a warranty, whether it needs to be updated, and the speed of development of warships in the world today, the rulers represented by these old men do not know and do not want to know, anyway, they are just looking for an excuse. That's all!! Then there is a lack of money in the household department, and it is necessary to embezzle part of Beiyang's money to do something else. How altruistic does that sound?? But what to do? Naturally, it is Galeries Lafayette's garden!! But who would dare to say this? Move the Empress Dowager Cixi out, even Lao Li doesn't want to tear his face, right? Gotcha, Beiyang will suffer another dumb loss!! As for the last paragraph, it is even more wonderful. Stop buying for 3 years, you can buy it in the fourth year, the fourth year of Y is the 60th birthday of Galeries Lafayette, Lao Li can still get the money? Besides, Xu Jie, who is familiar with history, knows very well that when it comes to the past, even if you have money, there is nowhere to buy it!! In this way, an excerpt, under the operation of various forces, became the last straw that crushed Beiyang, the strongest force in the Qing Dynasty!! (According to the archival records of the "Empress Dowager's Sixtieth Celebration", the expenses of Cixi's 60th birthday mainly came from two aspects: first, the "Ministry Treasury Allocation": 1 million taels was withdrawn from the "two sections of preparation and border defense funds", and 2 million taels were misappropriated from the railway funds; The second is the "overall planning outside Beijing": that is, the silver taels apportioned to the ministers inside and outside Beijing. According to the archives, civil and military officials such as the princes of the clan, the yamen in Beijing, and the governors and generals of various provinces reported a total of more than 22.98 million taels of silver. As for the tribute and the hidden expenses under the books, I really don't know how much!! Just this nearly 6 million taels of silver is enough to buy 3 Yoshino's!! ）

As for the coping method, Xu Jie has not come up with a suitable way now. At least until Beiyang and the center tear their faces, it is basically impossible to figure out the normal channels of guò to get this money. There is no one in the center, and the others either have no rights, or they have a grudge against Lao Li or are with Cixi, what do you say about this money?? At present, the only way is to see how much money can be obtained before this excerpt comes down.

In addition to the two major forces of the Qing State that he may have to face? As for Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kunyi in Nanyang, Xu Jie can't deal with them for the time being. Even if he gets in touch in the future, Xu Jie plans to make friends if he can, in line with the idea of having one more friend and one more way.